always the tone of surprise

Juliet, 25, Chicago // aquarius moon, virgo rising // I've got two red pills to take the blues away

[mephistopheles]

my three girlfriends. and YES they prophesy the death of the king of scotland

[cinematicjourney]

Iphigenia (1977) | dir. Michael Cacoyannis

[academic-vampire]

I wish Hollywood would stay far, far away from classic literature

[espressohhh]

"The glad summertime will soon be over now. Soon all ways will be barred, as they say in the tragedy."

— The Lady from the Sea by Henrik Ibsen, tr. Eleanor Marx-Aveling.

[reallyreallyreallytrying]

nip over to troy, bit of rough and tumble, big horse, bish bash bosh, back home to ithaca. simple as

[cannibalings]

big fan of a character seeking comfort in the arms of the thing that’s going to kill them. and i am psycologicalily normal too.

[luminatress]

– Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890)

[terpsikeraunos]

most english translations of the odyssey embellish the existing sexism with additional misogyny, so simply not doing that, while being female, has caused wilson's translation to be dubbed "feminist," seemingly to her bemusement.

i would love to see her take on a feminist translation as an intentional project! i think the hate and harassment she would get for that would be intense, unfortunately.

[espressohhh]

"WANGEL. And the unknown? It no longer lures you? ELLIDA. Neither lures nor frightens me. I could have seen it—gone out into it, if only I myself had willed it. I could have chosen it. And that is why I could also renounce it."

— The Lady from the Sea by Henrik Ibsen, tr. Eleanor Marx-Aveling.

[killingconversation]

[flushed and bashful] wait, really? [kicks feet cutely] the bell tolls for me? [looks away shyly] w-wow... [blushes]

[terpsikeraunos]

ancient greek word of the day: μελίγλωσσος (meliglōssos), honey-tongued

[otsukare-katsukare]

also, the interconnectedness of everything in angels in America means that the friendship dynamics are just, WILD

okay, so on one side we have belize and louis who, we are informed, hate each other. specifically belize can’t stand louis especially after he leaves prior, and you totally believe this with their interactions. belize just about puts up with louis, and forgives him, but he never likes him, except that’s just unfathomable because they hang out all the fucking time!? how often do you do lunch dates - one on one lunch dates! - with someone you barely tolerate, let alone actively despise? so they’re frenemies, except ALSO the implication is they know each other through Prior and mostly put up with each other for his sake - and yet even in one of the two scenes where all three are on stage together, they are just arguing with each other again. Prior Is Not A Subject. (Also, from Prior’s perspective is it not just a little odd that his best friend and his ex are hanging out on the reg? I guess he’s fine with that as long as he knows Belize is reading Louis for all he’s worth in their meetings, but somehow that’s even weirder, like ‘oh yeah keep meeting up with my ex who you’ve known for over three years but give him hell from me’ how is this not a recipe for emotional ruin, prior)

and then we have the utter mindfuckery of joe’s mother being in his ex’s friendship group by the end of the play. I mean where do we start with that. louis is never speaking to him again, but presumably joe still, you know, talks to his mother who now lives in the same city as him. when does he find this out? does he ever? how does he deal?! when do we get the revelation from LOUIS that he’s been having discussions about the soviet union with his ex’s mother?!

obviously it’s theatre suspension of disbelief and these people have other friends not depicted, but having them all so closely intertwined really makes for a Time, in terms of dynamics. I just wish there was a louis and harper interaction so that could factor in too

[godlessondheimite]

this is just what every queer friend group in nyc is like. this happened to every buddy of mine.

[clownboybebop]

I’m so tired of hot actors with no actual talent or magnetism. we need more ugly little cuntservers giving performances that fuck so hard you leave the theatre with road rash. willem dafoe if you’re out there

[espressohhh]

"Your mind is like the sea—it has ebb and flow."

— The Lady from the Sea by Henrik Ibsen, tr. Eleanor Marx-Aveling.

[thedownfallofamericapart2]

Do people know about public libraries. Do people know how much stuff is there

[sobcat]

let's make the best of it

[ecranimaginaire]

LESLEY MANVILLE & ANNA MAXWELL MARTIN star in West End August: Osage County at the Noel Coward Theatre from Jan 18 2027 to Apr 10 2027